Gayfeather, colic-root, rattlesnake-master, blazing star,( devil's bite, Cahaba torch, prairie-pine,) I took your list to that fireworks store in Upland, gathered & checked off each rocket, then imagined how you'd stare at a forest fire (guilty? gleeful?) as I put them all back.
We span slowly in place to test the temperature of each compass point, then followed the cold northwest.
Despite the wind, snow clung to the smallest branches & drifts cumulated in the folds of our scarves.
Scarp scree clatter.
She, elle.
Within 30 miles of Philadelphia, because of a curse.